Associations to the word «Counterrevolution»

Wiktionary

COUNTERREVOLUTION, noun. A revolution aiming to reverse the political or social changes instigated by a previous revolution.

Dictionary definition

COUNTERREVOLUTION, noun. A revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats